Catawba vs Hickory Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Catawba and Hickory Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Catawba and Hickory Grove are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Catawba has the higher population (1,225 vs 559 in Hickory Grove). Hickory Grove has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $55,385 in Catawba). Catawba has the higher median home value ($198,100 vs $119,400 in Hickory Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Catawba	Hickory Grove
Population	1,225	559
Median age	37.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,385	$61,250
Median home value	$198,100	$119,400
Median gross rent	$1,525	$1,118
Housing units	588	257
Homeownership rate	72.9%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawba	Hickory Grove
Population	1,108 → 1,225 (+10.6%)	509 → 559 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$45,563 → $55,385 (+21.6%)	$54,286 → $61,250 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $198,100 (+148.2%)	$84,600 → $119,400 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,525 (+76.7%)	$1,094 → $1,118 (+2.2%)

Catawba

Population

1,1081,225

Median household income

$45,563$55,385

Median home value

$79,800$198,100

Median gross rent

$863$1,525

Hickory Grove

Population

509559

Median household income

$54,286$61,250

Median home value

$84,600$119,400

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catawba	Hickory Grove
Under 5	3.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	24.6%	11.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	22.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	2.3%	14.7%
75 and over	1.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawba	Hickory Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	74.8%
Black or African American	14.0%	21.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawba	Hickory Grove
No high school diploma	13.7%	13.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawba	Hickory Grove
Drove alone	86.3%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawba	Hickory Grove
1-unit, detached	45.6%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	54.4%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Catawba	Hickory Grove
Poverty rate	17.3%	12.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	38	39
Median year structure built	1994	1984